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American Lotus
The American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is a perennial wildflower found in shallow, slow-moving waters across eastern North America. Its prominent feature is its exceptionally large, circular leaves—the largest of any North American native plant—and showy pale yellow flowers. The plant’s seeds and young...
apps Top American Lotus Alternatives
The top alternative to American Lotus in 2026 is Swamp Rose Mallow with a score of 9.1/10, followed by White Water Lily (9.0) and Ox-eye Sunflower (8.5).
Swamp Rose Mallow
The swamp rose mallow (*Hibiscus moscheutos*) is a wetland perennial wildflower found throughout eastern North America....
White Water Lily
The White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) is a flowering aquatic plant found throughout eastern North America. Its notable...
Ox-eye Sunflower
Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) is a long-blooming perennial native to central and eastern North America, wid...
Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa) is the only cactus widespread in the eastern United States, native from New Engla...
Wild Sunflower
Wild Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is the ancestor of all cultivated sunflowers, native to western North America, and wa...
Sweet Black-eyed Susan
Sweet Black-eyed Susan is a tall prairie wildflower native to the central United States, distinguished by its pleasant v...
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is a native wildflower of North American prairies recognizable by its tall cyl...
Common Evening Primrose
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a native North American biennial with yellow flowers that open at dusk an...
Brown-eyed Susan
Brown-eyed Susan, or Rudbeckia triloba, is a North American biennial noted for its profuse late-season blooms featuring...
Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family, distinguished by its bri...
Yellow Pond Lily
Yellow Pond Lily, or Nuphar, is an aquatic perennial widespread across the Northern Hemisphere, distinguished by its flo...
Swamp Candles
Swamp Candles, or Lysimachia terrestris, is a North American wetland plant distinguished by its erect spikes of bright y...
Tall Coneflower
Tall Coneflower, native to eastern North America, is a massive perennial recognizable by its deeply cut leaves and large...
Cutleaf Coneflower
Cutleaf Coneflower is a large North American wildflower notable for its deeply divided leaves and prominent cylindrical...
Pickerelweed
Pickerelweed is an aquatic perennial native to the Americas, recognized by its large heart-shaped leaves and distinctive...
Prairie Onion
Prairie Onion (*Allium stellatum*) is a North American prairie plant recognized by its upright, starry pink flower clust...
Pale Touch-me-not
Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) is a native annual of eastern North American moist woodlands, bearing pale yellow...
Fringed Loosestrife
Fringed Loosestrife is a North American perennial noted for its nodding yellow flowers and hairy leaves that thrive in m...
Wild Snapdragon
Wild Snapdragon is an herbaceous plant naturalized across North America, noted for the unique, hinged flower structure t...
Arrowhead
Arrowhead is an aquatic plant widespread across the Americas, historically notable for its edible tubers, known as wapat...
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